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The resources cover a range of topics including ones aimed at specific knowledge of neurodiversity, inclusive practice and children’s development and those targeted at familial learning, topics or specific initiatives relevant to learning within and across formal schooling. The resources are offered at different learning levels, suitable for anyone receiving or facilitating home education, including those who work with home-educating families. 

While we can’t guarantee that there is content on every topic area, we will continue to add new articles and courses to this hub. 

There are a number of ways you can use this hub, depending on if you are a home-educator, a home-educated young person, a practitioner, or a researcher. 

Using the topic areas, you can create your own development resource that you might wish to share with other home educators, learners or practitioners. It would be great to hear about your experience of using the resources within the Elective Home Education Hub, so feel free to get in touch with our lead academic, Dr Amber Fensham-Smith (amber.fensham-smith@open.ac.uk).

Senior Leaders in Local Authority units may wish to curate a bespoke OpenLearn professional development set, aligned with your shared with staff for completion in professional development time or discussion at staff meetings.

Other hubs you might find helpful include Resources for schools, Sustainability hub, and the Race and ethnicity hub or just take some time to explore the content on OpenLearn.

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